Tales of PMP and Long Runs
Yesterday I did a PMP that many of you may be able to relate to. At 8 Kevin, Brad and I met at Loring arena in Framingham at the 6 mile mark and did miles 6 - 14 for a PMP. It was supposed to be at 5:25 pace but things got a little confused as the traffic was worse than I thought it would be at 8:30 on a Saturday and some of the mile markers were paved over from new construction. Here are the splits.
1 5:34
2 11:07 5:33
3 16:42 5:34
4 Missed split
5 27:28 10:46
6 32:49 5:20
7 38:14 5:25
8 43:35 5:20
Felt very good except for the first two miles where we had to do some ducking and weaving through some busy intersections. I think next time I do this run I will do it at 7:30 so the traffic isn't so bad. I really needed to pound on the roads some because i am getting soft from all the trails. I will try to do half my mileage roads and half trails for this week. Hopefully I will not have to do this run because the fresh pond loop will be repaired.
Today was a new PR for me. The longest training run yet. Not the longest run because that was the Boston Marathon in 05' but today I think I may have done 22 or 23. I Did an 11 mile loop on my own in ARWR north and came back to the house to grab Christy Mae. Huge mistake. We then did what i think was a 12 mile loop in the ARWR south, memorial forest, and hop broke conservation. I took 6 oz of water at 11 and 16. It all amounted to 2:33:57 of running. I then had a big breakfast and then 2 hour nap. I spent the rest of the day cleaning out the garage from all the kitchen debris and getting Man Town II ready for Pats football season. Speaking of which, they looked great saturday night. I think Maroney will be a huge help to Brady and Dillon during the real games. Washington couldn't get out of there own way so we will have to see if the Pats are that good or the Redskins are that bad.
That's all I got.